Roughland Wood - Woodland plantation
23 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
51.15290, 0.68659
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,005 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,005 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Cuckoo · Snow Bunting · Robin · Blackbird +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2020
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Peacock +30
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,005 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Cuckoo · Snow Bunting · Robin · Blackbird +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2020
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Peacock +30
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2020
Oryctolagus cuniculus2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2020Fallow DeerDama dama2020Brown RatRattus norvegicus2018Brown RatRattus norvegicus20182019
2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Glow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2021Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2021Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2021Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2021HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Small Poplar BorerSaperda populnea2020Small Poplar BorerSaperda populnea202022-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata201922-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2016Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2016Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Events & activities nearby
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